The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-10 00:00:00

101 f i t MARKET. AND C°llftitClAL INTELLIGENCE. ddili CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. tir4eional firmness is now apparent in discount m eats nod the j o i nt stoc k and pr i vate establish bill;Fl ar e asking fully 8 per cent. for the best 114. The a pplications made at the Bank of Eng eL qu nav e c3ns equently increased. ot i t bilk at i n b ar gol d was ta k en i n t o th e thNk yesterday, i t e .. gto the recent fall in the Bombay E sc h anges 441 , aly er market h as b ecome d u ll an d d e p resse d, Alr YeBter daY the bias brought by the steamer 4;4 W ere disp ose d of at 55.. lid. per ounce, or 1 4 1 , ° 5 , 4 t han the p r i ce rea li se d f or th e su pply by TiP'evious packet. • ere tre4 a Was a sli g h t a d vance i n some o f th e f ore i gn A _ n gea yesterday afternoon. Titl ed la nd security com p an y h as b ee n announced tapi ti ," t he " C re di t F onc i er of Mauritius,', with a It ee ,'` of 4 : 50 0,000, i n s h ares o f £5O eac h. Th e 1441 1 have been induced to project this under -14141 thi nn nsEquence o f th e l arge fi e ld o f enter -114/n4, 8 Colony lyi ng o p en b e f ore th em , an d kietiwlll Partially d eve l oped. T he commerce o f t h e 5 1th i , ti n has of late years made great progress to the fact that in this colony is f 4r g en t quantity of su g ar produced ilte kt r ; be labou r , and wh i ch has occas i one d a Th e 'ne e re ase in th e va l ue o f l an d e d p ro p er ty ligh t4t o f interest f or mone y i s genera lly ver y P t oil ' t k Et i, n l (l inv estments on loans are regarded as very N ed ne• The l eg i s l at i on of t h e M aur i t i us is !kw lhoreover to afford great advantages for the lira of landed property, and a law providing a 1 411: e I li nd effective registration of all mortgages, litAb l i e l l Passed for the purpose of facilitating the 8 1 7aeht of companies to make advances upon 4; toti ho area these special circumstances the direc :°,are a highly respectable body of gentle- NSt%: lic iPate great and profitable results from e j ltti°l3B . The shares have been dealt in at P ' change to -d ay at 11 2 prem . 1411 1)i Tpe t t°s Peotus of " The City Mercantile Club" " , n g•hall ( l i m i ted), has been i ssued with a m ebar ea Pital of £BO,OOO, which is to be realised 4 4 or £lO. Mr. Alfred Ashton, of 75, Old s et, City, has this day been appointed their 414,441'44 y' 1 d Thomas King, Esq., of Canonbury, and 1°1 144 4 Arthur Palliser, Oriental Club, have th Ne B oard of Directors. We are informed 6 0 sh a reS are being rapidly taken up, and that t t_ e it hi P e e l i tn ° ation list is to close in a few days. %le eae ' Ol the company seem popular and likely P: 111). i n a pecuniary view, as a mercantile -44 to be much wanted in the centre of the N are told that there are 900 gentlemen who iL k otl4P l ied for membership and cannot be accom liatft:at the Gresham, and that there are 300 in , It4 (1 -s' Predicament at the City Club. The last , htl tth e e n il lh will not be completed for two years; ,7thits'itY Mercantile, having already purchased Nly cen t Premises in the centre of Cheapside, ii 441 1/ f o , P i n te Bow Church, can be completely .te t th ° Members in three months time, which -e latter "of „ undoubted advantage.. The addi nrst-class public dining nail should en pl , ti on of the undertaking, as, with the 'att °- $3l. The on, Lo nd there is no establishment ' t of a recherche character in the City. th Two O'CLOCK. °tee e Pari s 1‘, 4 to Bourse to-day, according to Mr. t l 6 e g r am the 3A, per Cent. Rentes wore rtho t , Quiet. ot,_ gh tvi mce.. B Peculativ e business in the English li tt uet tl has been rather dull, a better feeling manifested ` lO ll, aro than at the close yesterday few purchases have had the effect more t ltl npy,ar firmness an advance of per cent. NO so& 9ti for Console are 901 1 for trans ktmltice, '" the account. The New Threes a Annuiti es are 931 1; Exchequer Bills, P o tCrlis.; ,India 4 ~e 4t s., 1 00; 8 per Cents., 1031 104 ; ditto r, tc ee ihw and Enlaced 5 per Cents., 1041. 1, 4 al improvement has taken place in the ti t . • kw . N I Market , and business is more active. tait t‘l ec . r Cents., 1862, are 671 1; ditto Con ; Mexican, 351 36k; Greek, 211 ; 4 0c1 ti ; 6 ) 13, 1 M- 10 ; Spanish Passive, 321 1 ; Cer j e C o I; Portuguese, 4711; Italian, 661 1; R t h esq• tile -erate Loan, 49 51. Way Share Market there is a rather qO tt 'Ctati eti 't'ondon and Brighton have improved ° ter es te : at er, Sheffield, and Lincoln ss. ; and 14:41'thith have (Berwick) ss. Metropolitan, how 110t4 4 bo tit "e been pushed for sale, have de °lltllt £3 . Great Western has receded 55., it the* Ute ri). -0 k -• 4 teri 611 and Colonial undertakings there ek 1,1 and . Lige an regards values. ht., 411scellan wi th L . eons shares are in fair de ,4ti„ Ne t - tew exceptions, maintain former 41,4 4 1 B p r Shi p Ink are quoted 41 51 prem. ; 43 .; a „ P , ln g , I pram. ; Credit Foncier Australian Steam, 5/ 6 prem. 10 4 1 kl ll B ibi tt e t ,t o tl , i4 l . UNDS—CLOSlNG PRICES. k t lteket, ° 4 BO B 90g g I a p ha ' ' l arch 5 e e e lat 4e.ed ... r oett . t . fy i !titi % ) Ap tp • L t 4 i't t° to; 3Tr'' s 885 , 't fltfi (lied 4 e z z ttie 6th Jan., 1880 --- biter t i )ea T e r e tre sth April, 1885 — I b i ,to 46, t iA graph), Aug. 1908 — ite £4 ,2 4 & 3 per Cent 8 3 dis 4 0ai l a ttha y~ a i and £200 'olr t per et la st 14; 237 k k,10 3 / 4 1111 11„, " - - Y r' ot q te, o4 Per Cent., SECURITIES. 6 ki 8 per 1 ,1 t.,. lat., April 1874 .............. at te tp er t ``'Y, 1870 lO3l 4 3; 4 i;at, qlf • 6 „ A ptr P aper' t ' 1888 lOO Il e is z - Per Cent h ub: Ce t May,au. 1872 .. 1041 Kit"ltL e r ,'lltlir e ll 'V 1879 lit' l l3 o4 l 4.i t ZP e r Ct., April 1864 --- Of1„ 4 9,000 . Aug., 1866 6 1 11L0W1,000 IN A (I X N' een t . — I) S—CLOSING PRICES. ti II laeretici 1855 ........ ti l t()gitt e4 t., 185 tti, 0 2-58-60 00 ) ,,,v , 186 3 1863 it ea 6 4 ° 5 Paid 4 Per c ent b bl i k kt pe 11 t ...... (Deferred 4, 4 De ent • . . erred 3 per Cent.) t o, 7 ce„, k ik i t set ee ' n ' t ...... b l i ttolkr l amie 1021 2 ti cTo, eat., 18 tt e 1 4. 24-5 -, ex-Coupons.. l te'ttB.. not ........... 4o_per ................ s! V; ( 7, 4 t t• ee ti — t 'a . renataa na Railway) 741 6 It 4) !Ii?t. ......... 71 tt l e z, tri m g ............ e_ Per Cent ) 4 i t l! irt titit Der ; • .... k t ,tto t q i ` t ss i ikti ° . ............ 4 ' 5 6 A kti t. ' 66 ' ' 7 , ' 9 ) '6O, . .... 471 0 1 ,:r t .. • .......... Ytcqtn Ce nt ", 92, zSt I;lLit, o 1?6, 441711. 1184 A„4 r, Per .. .1.862 -81 1 hiceou tO ....... • .... .. . 4 erred 4 O kOto ic 0; . .......... ... "P not . fun7le . d r er r 6,;; ...... ... . . . . . . . a 0...... . ptt.3sl ee VA t o tit. ......... NtOl or tln loos PA:II., 01 ; .......... I rag z)ll6erit(l. 186 .. 11 ▪ 6• 71 h~ttoA ,Nr. 6 t, 186, as ot,t . .. ti q t er (;, 11 ................. ipakttit 185, ,1; 0 . ...... ............... 1;i4A11, per o r : the ............... Ue' ' 551 e4t et. Ex• 1 0 Fl m Load ' ll. ,1 1 1)o t 25 f. . Florins () it ee 4 rt Guil .............. c'l,7 Per Cent ....... 101 QO ll4 M., 1 .861 3 , t ;' , Ex. 25f.. .. t .... . S. 25 francs.. S e /4 0 ........ ANIZ .. ................. E001Y:CLO CK.. .. .. 91 /MARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railways. Bit.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter ( Caledonian Cort-; and Bandon ,Cornwall Do A A rots no dix Do. B till (Spe.pan.has been paid to 1,. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do G t. S. an.i W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Biackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western, Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby %lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kerrt Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiel , Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle ;North London I Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction 'Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welehpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern 'South Wales IS. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,an dWok. Stockton t Darlington Do Do New, 1800 Taff Va1e..... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do 'Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim aterford es Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. & R West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 1 1 1 Paid. CAsciens 8 84 818} 84 €6 120 'l2l 7 7i 37 39 16 17 95 97 106 108 49 50 47 49 71 8i 128 i ‘291 1341 1356 134 136 97 99 641 0 1091 1101 70 72 103 104 40 42 107 107 i 102 i I(3k 51i 526 103 105 1281 1294 11 lid 98 100 52 62 25 16 unt 1031 58 59 91} Olt 125 130 14 24 p 78 LBO 11 Ili 123 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 132 i 931 84} i)4l 99 101 91 101 371 381 94 101 D 71 81 p i 165 170 51 6 3 i 01 87 90 167 172 22 25 Businesb done. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closin,g ,thare Railways Paid. Price. Business done _ 100 Atlantic &St Lawrene, all 59 61 sk ilom.,Baroda&.Cent In 6 100 101 103 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 20q Builalo and Lase Huron all 54 51 10 Do. Preference all 8 9 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 tOO — p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187; , , 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:i 100 st Cleutta.&S.Ea.stn.(Lin,, 100 99 101 st Cape Town t Dock Scrii 100 99 101 stock ltastn. Bengal gu. sp. / 100 103 105 1044 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 It 3 104 103 &21 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 par 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 19 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 74 100 Do. co. deferred...—. all 56 60 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bones.. all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 49 85 100 Do. 3d PI ef. stock all 49 52 19 60 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 30 82 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred— all 20 14 214 stock Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.o. 100 102 103 1021 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 j• 20 Do. January, 1862 8 t/ 1 , stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. 100 101 103 204 Gt. W. ofeanada Shares all 91 91 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 ip 21 stock Madras. guar., sp. o. 100 101 103 1024 f stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 96 98 stook Dc. 4A d 0........ 100 le2 96 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 31elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. C. 51ortg. Bds. all $0 Newßruriswick Canda Class A and B. ail 3 5 N.ltl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 82 84 stock &flute .......... 1 (100 101 103 1011 stock Do. Delhi 4.: 100 101 103 1024 2u Do. do • 2 at Do. Punjaub tes c all 101 lu3 Do. Do. ........ tjg. 100 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 000 97 99 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a AJ ut; 1877-S1 100 100 102 1001 1/ Do. 6p. c. Feb. A Aug. 100 99 101 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 10i 89 II Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 83 91 Cape G.B.ope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 107 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 1891 100 109 111 I - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 111 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 104 107 106 51 Natal Guy. 6 per cent_ 100 117 109 N.B.Gov. p.o.J a.&Jul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p a. , lBnt 100 99 100 Du. sp. 0.48/2 to 1:7( 100 99 109 991 —, Do. d0.,1888 (kupwdi 100 99 100 994 - INew Zealand 6 p cent 100 107 109 - INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 !Queensland Gcv. 6p. C. 100 S.Aus G6p.0.1878.& up.. 100 108 110 - INTIc.Gov. 6 p.c..ra.&July 100 - Do. to 6 u.c atimltOct. 100 109 110 1091 10 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id ulitiord Amalgamated 38 69 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan) .30 70 75 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. 4d par East Caradon ...... 1.14.0 273 284 East Cara Brea... 3.4.0 7 74 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 54 Gam.&SLAubyn(Gwen.) 581 10 11 Great South Tolgus 178 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (Hasten, 40 17 18 18 'Grenville lierc•d's-Foot 8.12 66 38 liingston Downs 4.18.0 5 54 5 Lady Bertha 3largaret (Uny Lelant 94 17 19 3larke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2i. 14 1 d New Setun l9l 80 90 - • North Downs '2l 1/ 24 N.Wli'l Basset(lllo.Tan 3.1.0 24 21 North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St. Blaze) , Providence (Uny Lelut.) 10.6.7 44 46 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer, 14 435 145 S. CAM Brea (Illogan) — :?..Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 1818.9 574 624 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 6 ramar Sil v.& Lead Min 44 fin Cron 9 2u 21 %Vest Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 55 57 West Seton Wheal Basset ((Mogan) 54 80 85 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 43 46 1V heal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 134 144 Wheal Beton 584 165 170 165 Wheal Treiawney (Lie.) 7 24 25 Wheal Union 3.17 i 3 34 PREFERENCE bIIARES. Great Western Orig. 4 per cent. pf., 86 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 76 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct.. 95} PREFEItENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 105} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 17 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon a.m. and Liverpool (lira.), 45} 5 Ditto, new, 30i Aug;lo Austrian, 51 3 Australasia, 75a 5 / Bank of Wales, lim., 12& British North American, 48 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 42 Ditto, new, 25/ City, 115 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 1 European Bank, lim., 71 ; 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Jim.), 29_81 ; Imperial Bank (lim.), 26} Imperial Ottoman, in 18 171 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 59 491 =Ditto, new issued, at 1+ pm, 5 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26/ London and County, 61 1 3} London and South African, 261 f London and Westminster, 771 Merchant Bank, lim., llt Mercantile and Exchange. Um., 17 1 17 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 21/ Oriental Bank Corporation. 591 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, Ditto, new, 6} South Australia, 401 Union of Australia, 52 1 Union of London, 43 *; :DOCKS. London, 74 3i MISCELLANEOUS. British American Land, 231 Ceylon Company, 10/ Consolidates Discount, lim., 14 Consolidated Discount, lim., 14 Contract Corporation. lira., Crystal Palace, 334 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 112 Discount Corporation), limited, 101 ; Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 4 English and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Ore dit and Finance of London, lim., General Steam Navigation, 281 Hudson's Bay. 17 International Financial Society, 111 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 4 Ditto, 6 per coat. Bonds, red e em. 1870, issued 90, 82 Joint•st oc k Discount, lira. , 6/ 6/ London Financial Association, lim., 264 London Provincial Marine, 24 1 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 71 National Discount Company, lim., ; National Steam Navigation, limo., 5 * North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 204 Ocean Marine (Insurance). 191 781 74 Peninsula and Oriental St eam, Litt% new, 474 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Ditto, new,4 4 , 4 _Royal Mail (items, 814 1 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 74 Van Diemen's Land, 10 641 1096 6 g 716 EA 1 396 40 1076 6 51f 1051 36 4 3 1281 9 91 II tHE SUI, LOINDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Shee and a Common Jury.) KEYES V. TAYLOR. The plaintiff in this action is a licensed victualler carry ing on business at the Pheasant Tavern, Stangate, and the defendant is a veterinary surgeon. Mr. Keyes, it appeared, was possessed of a very handsome and docile pony, and on the occasion of its being brought home by the defendant's son after being shod, it went down and injured its knees to such an extent, that the plaintiff said it was rendered nearly useless. The defendant, on the matter being represented to him, said the matter was a pure accident, which he regretted very much. The plaintiff alleged that the pony met with the accident in consequence of the de fendant's son violently galloping him home, and that he had no right whatever to ride the pony ; had he led him home in the proper way, namely, with a halter, the acci dent would not have occurred. The case created some merriment in consequence of the following questions being put to the defendant:— Counsel—The pony was a very docile one, I believe ? Defendant—Yes. Counsel—As docile as a dog ? Defendant—Well, yes, it was a quiet thing. Counsel—You've seen it walk about the plaintiff's bar, and help itself to cakes.? (Laughter.) Defendant —No, I never saw it do that. (Laughter.) Counsel—l do not mean that the pony went the length of drawing beer, but you've seen him come into the bar as quiet as a dog ? Defendant—l've seen the pony behind the bar—(laughter) —and it might have been eating a cake. Counsel—lt liked sweet things ? (Loud laughter.) Defendant—l don't know. (Laughter.) Counsel—Did you never see it walk upstairs? (Laughter.) Defendant— No. Counsel—Nor stand upon a table ? (Laughter.) Detendant—No; but I've seen it get upon a butt. (Laughter.) The jury finally returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages L 5. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Only a moderate supply of home grown wheat was re ceived fresh up to this morning's market. The &emend however, was by no means active, nevertheless a fair clear. ance was effected at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat-the market was moderately sum )lied, In most descriptions a fair average business was tr ans acted, and prices ruled firm. . . Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at late rat es, There was a fair show of barley on the stands. Malting qualities sold steadily at full prices, and the value of grim d ing and distilling qualities was supported. Malt changed hands to a limited extent at late rates. Although the supply of oats on sale was very moderate, the demand was by no means active, at previous quotations, In beans and peas a fair business was transacted, and prices ruled firm. The flour trade was steady at full quotations. AIinIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. English...— 470 1,2,0 3,250 ' 2,500 .300 Irish — 1 1,900 Foreign 4, 90 1,850 5,570 600 sks, brls BOROUGH HOP. Our market is less active; prices, however, continue very firm. The supply of hops on offer is small. WHITECHAPEL. But moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade rules firm, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 Od to 4$ 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 38 Sd to 4s 8d per Sibs by the carcase. PROBATE COURT. The Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury were occupied the whole of the morning in hearing the cause Bowker v. Bury. The question in dispute being the validity of the writ of the testator by which he left the whole of his pro perty to his wife absolutely. It was contended that the testator was not in a fit state of mind when he executed tho instrument, and also that he had already made a former will which he had not revoked. The property in question amounted to about £2,000. The case will not conclude till a late hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SERIOUS DEPREDATIONS BY ERRAND BOYS.—Thomas Sullivan, a boy who has only been in the employ of Mr. Cooper, surgeon and chemist, of Moor-street, St. Martin's lane, for about a week, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with robbing his employer. Mr. Cooper said that in consequence of information he received that the prisoner, his errand boy, had been offer ing some fancy soaps for sale, he communicated with the police, and that morning Sergeant Shore, 11 F, searched the prisoner, but found nothing in his possession belonging to him (Mr. Cooper) but a pocket knife. The knife was not of much value, but, as he had missed several things while the prisoner had been in his employ, and had been robbed by his errand boys during the last four years, to the amount of nearly £3OO, he felt compelled to make an example of the prisoner. Sergeant Shore, 11 F, said in taking the prisoner into custody he first said he had not taken anything, but after wards that he had, and then put the articles back as he could not sell them. He had seen the boy's father, who seemed to take no interest in him, and had got him into Mr. Cooper's employ by falsely representing that he had never been in employ before, whereas he had been dismissed from a previous situation for dishonesty. Mr. Cooper said his object was to get tho boy corrected as a lesson to him. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the priSoner for 21 days. A GANG OF JUTBNILE THIETES.—Henry Hayes, a boy, was charged with stealing nine scarfs of the value of £2, the poperty of Mr. Henry Robert Wilson, draper, of 10, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square. It appears that the prisoner and another boy went into Mr. Wilson's shop This morning about eight o'clock, and asked for some thread. A young female went to the back part of the shop for it, and on her return to the counter the boys left. Directly after Mr. 'Wilson missed the scarfs from the counter, and on going into the street saw the prisoner and the other boy with four others walking along in conversation. He followed them, and heard one of the boys say, " How much will they fetch ?" and another reply, " is. or Is. 6d. each." He then seized the prisoner and the other boy who hid been into his shop, and in the prisoner's apron found the scarfs. The other boy managed after a struggle to get away. The prisoner was then handed over to Crown, 215 C. A remand was granted, that the other might be found. Frightful Occurrence at the New Govern ment Offices, Westminster, Great excitement was occasioned yesterday afternoon in the immediate vicinity of the Government offices at White hall, owing to the following melancholy accident, by which several persons were seriously, and it is feared, one or two fa tally—injured. Large contt acts to erect new Government offices have been entered into, and a number of houses were razed to the ground on the south western side of Downing-street, and also in King-street and Charles-street, Westminster. The space thus cleared extended probably 300 feet in one direction, and 200 feet in the other. Upon this site the foundations of the new offices had been .dug out, the concrete beds formed, and since then an immense forest of scaffolding had been erected, in order for the contractors to proceed with all possible despatch with the erection of the various buildings. Upon the top of this scaffolding, it is necessary to state, were immense beams of timber, supported by heavy uprights, fastened with iron dog stays; and upon the top of the last-named were what is technically called " gantries," large timbers about 6ft. square, and which stretched hori zontally the whole length of the scaffolding, and having iron rails similar to those in use on a railway for the purpose of the "stravellers," heavy pieces of machinery, to pass along when large pieces of stone were required to be lifted. Whilst the men were so engaged yesterday afternoon the weight of what they were lifting strained the "gantries" and the ponderous machine caused the dog stays to start, and the other portions of the woodwork got out of gear, and the consequence was that the travel ler and four men who were at work were precipitated to the ground, a distance, it is believed, of 30 feet. The poor fellows were struck by the timber as it fell and were also injured by the traveller, so that it was at first thought they had all been killed. A strong body of the A division of police immediately came from Gardner's-lane station, and assisted in getting the unfortunate men out of the ruins. They were at once removed to the Westminster Hospital, where Mr. Watts, the house-surgeon, did all that surgical aid could devise to alleviate the sufferings of the unfortu nate persons. One man, named William Power, aged 33, of Cheshire cheese-court, Chelsea, was found to have received serious injuries to his head, his lips were cut open, and his fore. head knocked in. Very little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Henry Pritchard, of 54, Hanover-street, Pimlico, was found to have his head, face, and ribs seriously injured, but not quite so badly as the former. Miles Hughes, of 2, Gardner's-lane, who was only mar ried on Sunday last, has also received injuries to the head, hips, and back. Joseph Lamb, of John-street, Walworth, was only in jured on the arms, and after being attended to by Mr. Watts, he expressed a wish to go home to his family, which request was complied with. There will no doubt be a rigid inquiry as to the cause of the accident. - Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very firm. Sales, about 7,000 bales. No import. Previously, 6,488. The Dublin press of this day (9th) deplore the demise of a most charitable gentleman—J. J. Davis, Esq. who retired from New York with a large fortune. Mr. Davis was formerly a partner of the eminent house of Henriques and Davis, of New York. Papers relative to " the Alabama," in continua tion of the correspondence already published, and also copies of the correspondence respecting the statements in Mr. Lay's memorandum relative to China, have been pre • rented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty. •` NORTHWARD Ho!"—It is reported that several regiments have been ordered to hold themselves in readi ness for foreign service, and that their destination will be Copenhagen, assembling at Heligoland until the season is more advanced. THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT is summoned to meet on the 19th inst. THE GIFT HORSE WITH HIS TEETH PULLED OUT I—The dismantling of the fort of Vido, at Corfu, has been completed, and preparations made for blowing up the masonry. A NEW THEATRICAL " SENSATION" IN PARIS.— In a new piece by M. Magnet, called "La Maison du Baigneur," just brotight out at the Paris Gaite, a novel and startling effect thrills the audience every evening. A pon derous moveable ceiling, in a room from which one of the characters is unable to escape, gradually descends by ma chinery, until the unhappy captive is crushed to death be neath its weight. The idea is not new, but it is now carried out for the first time on the stage. Fortunately the victim at the Gaite is one of the most detestable vill a i ns o f th e pi ece (on Wame ccoquina Ulbach. calls him), so th a t. dramati cally speaking he may be said to deserv® his fate. , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LIVERPOOL SPRING Acceptances for the Grand Na cap) of 20 says each, • MEETING—MAItcH 8. ational Steeple Chase (handl h ft, with 100 added. . , Age at lb Age st lb Emblem .. .. al2 8 Satanella .. .. 5 10 12 Umpire.. .. a 12 7 Sr. Maximas .. a 10 12 Lightheart .. .. al2 6 Wifie •• .. a 10 12 Reporter .. .. 5 12 2 Cadet .. .. a 10 12 Thomastown .. .. al2 0 Leonidas • • .. 6 10 12 .. a 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 West ßel l's Life .. .. 6 10 12 .. 6 10 12 .. Jealousy .. .. all 10 Gl a di a t o r .. .. a 10 10 Sinking' Fund .. a 11 10 M a lt a .. a 10 10 Catspaw .. .. all 10 H oo k e the Gardener 6 10 10 sAirrblu William .... Jerusalem .. .. all 10 I re l ey .. .. a 10 10 Medora .. .. all 8 R oc kl e y .. .. alO 10 Bridegroom .. .. all 8 B ryn Gw y n .. 510 10 Sampson .. .. a 11 8 National Petition .. a 10 8 Harry .. .. all is Real Jam •• .. 5 10 8 Bant.an .. .. all 6 Sir Stephen .. alO 7 Ni errimaC .. .. all 6 Emblematic .. 6 10 6 Wee Nell .. .. aii 6 Brian Borhoime .. a 10 4 Satellite .. .. all 6 Ba:on of Avon .. 4 10 2 Mauehnne .. .. all 4 O cean Witch .. 5 10 2 Tee Cz ,r .. .. a 11 4 M art h a .. .. a 10 0 Serious Case .. .. all 3 Mi ss Mar i a .. ••a 10 0 Rubicon .. .. 611 2 C ygne t .. .. 5 10 0 Romeo .. .. all 0 C orsa i r .. 410 0 Amy • • .. Ii 11 0 Lady of the Isles .. 5 10 0 .. Tolurno .. .. 511 0 Silk and Satin .. alO 0 Surbiton .. .. 511 0 Chester .. .. alO 0 Little Bob .. .. all 0 Miss Emma .. alO 0 Worcester .. .. all 0 British G-renadler .. alO 0 Portland .. .. alO 12 Leading Article .. alO 0 Acceptances for the Liverpool Spring Cup (handicap), of 100 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 10 soya each. About a mile and a half. Age at lb The Knave • • 5 8 8 Argonaut .. .. 5 8 6 Aurelian .. .. 6 8 4 Costa .. • • 5 8 2 Blond in .. • . 4 8 0 Carisbrook.. .. 5 7 13 Berkeley .. • • 5 7 10 The Monk.. .. a 7 10 Gardener .. .. 7 10 Welcome .. 5 7 7 Fontenoy 4 7 6 Donne Canne .. 5 7 4 Bosh .. 5 7 3 Joco .. • . 4 7 2 Trojanus .. 4 7 0 Black Deer .. 4 7 0 Warminster .. 5 7 0 The Clown .. 3 6 10 Acceptances for the Sefton to a sweepstakes of 5 h( Age st lb Hesper .. 6 9 8 Argonaut .. .. 5 8 11 Ellerton •.. 6 8 11 Donnybrook .. 4 8 5 Gardener .. .. 6 8 2 Blondin .. 4 8 2 Farfalla .. 5 8 0 Poland .. 4 7 11 Zuleika .. 6 7 6 Weatherspy .. 4 7 5 Bosh .. • 5 7 3 East Lancashire .. 4 7 0 1 he Clown .. 3 7 0 Arbutus .. 3 6 8 Waterloo .. .. 3 6 8 Persuasion .. 3 6 8 Buckland .. 3 6 8 Strawberry Hill .. 4 6 7 Cutaway .. 3 6 7 Voluptas .. 4 6 6 Independence .. a 6 6 Moulsey • 3 6 Acceptances for the Handicap with 40 added, Age st lb .. a 11 12 ..511 8 .. 6 11 7 .. a 11 7 a 11 3 .. a 11 3 .. a 10 12 .. 5 10 12 .. a 10 12 .. 6 1. 12 .. a 10 io .. a 10 8 .. 6 10 8 .. 6 10 4 .. a 10 2 Age it lb Flash inthePan .. a 6 10 St. Lawrence •• 5 6 8 Dark Lily .. ••4 6 8 Farce .. • . 4 6 6 Merry Maid .. 56 6 Jack's Alive .. 4 6 3 Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 3 Truant .. •• 4 6 2 The Doctor • • 3 6 1 Alpheus • . •• 3 6 1 Claxton .• •• 3 6 0 King of Clubs .. 3 5 7 Naxos •• •• 3 5 7 Farnham • • .. 3 5 7 Veterinarian .. 3 5 7 Fanny Seaton .. 3 5 7 Macbeth .. .. 3 5 7 Handicap of 100 SOW, added ivs each• Six furlongs. Age st lb Crisis, by Aleppo.. 4 6 5 Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 5 Claxton .. .. 3 6 2 Prescription .. 3 6 2 Rose .. .. 3 6 1 Danau3 .. • • 3 6 0 Tooi Tooi .. 3 6 0 Abbott .. .. 3 5 12 Jane Shore .. 3 5 10 Lobelia .. .. 3 510 Dishonoured .. 3 5 10 Alice Leigh .. 3 5 8 Dilston .. 3 5 8 Tomfoolery .. 3 5 7 Coverdale .. 3 5 7 Dovedale .. 3 5 7 Wild Thyme .. 3 5 7 Veterinarian .. 3 5 7 Naxos .. 3 5 7 Macbeth .. .. 3 5 7 Helen .. 3 5 7 Hurdle Race, of 5 sous each, , Two miles. Emblem .. Pot You. ri Shropshire • . Lincoln Sinking Fund . Satellite Old Squire Tolurno •• _Romeo Amy Serious Case .. Merryman Dunraven West End Remunerator .. Age st lb Emblematic 6 tO 2 Marble Hill .. .. 5 10 0 Speedy .. .. 5 10 0 True Heart .. .. 4 9 9 Over the Sea .. .. 5 9 9 Soothsayer a 9 4 Chester.. a 9 4 Baron of Avon .. 4 9 4 Mistake .. 4 9 0 Cutler .. .. 5 9 0 Topsy .. 5 9 0 Amain .. 6 9 0 Southerly Wind 5 9 0 Corsair a 9 0 Cygnet .. 5 9 0 CITY BETTING—TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 12 to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken) 25 to 1 aget Medora (wanted) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STALES. 10 to 1 agst Blithtield (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 40 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Kemptown (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINSA.S. 11 to 2 sot Fille de I'Air (offered, take 6to 1) 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (wanted) CHESTER CITE. 16 to 1 agst Accident (offered) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Anfield (taken) 25 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken) 33 to 1 agst Greenland (taken) 50 to 1 agst Crisis (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst Costa (offered) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 13 to 1 agst Paris (offered) 14 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 16 to 1 agst Forager (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. The election of members to serve on the committee and other business matters occupied the priacipal share of attention this day, and betting was extremely dull, the investments made on the horses being of a very trivial character. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASit 10 to lon the field (offered) 16 to 1 agst Bantam (taken) 18 to 1 agst Portland (taken) 40 to 1 agat Reporter (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agat Accident (offered) 20 to 1 agst Anfield (offered) 20 to 1 agat Blackdown (offered) THE DERBY'. 20 to 1 agat Blair Athol (taken and offered) THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 60 to 1 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING ME ETlNG.—Tuesday the Bth March has already been announced as the opening day for this meeting. There are now but a few unimportant items wanting to complete Mr. Topham's venture, and the ac ceptances for the Grand National, which have been framed on the new principle, must be exceedingly gratifying to lessee of the course. Last year the number of subscribers w a s 72, out of which 21 paid forfeit, and the lowest weight was 9at, which weight was subsequently raised 11Ib by means of list 31b (Medora, who ran with 12st) being the highest imposted " content." This year the number of entries was increased to 86, and the forfeits to 25, while the lowest weight was 10st. It will be seen from this that in handicapping for the coming Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase Handicap the imposts have been raised 141 b. With the exception of Major Wombwell's Bell's Life, who carries a 61b penalty for winning the Windsor Open Steeple chase last Saturday, the weights, through Emblem accept ing, remain as originally published. Four forfeits aro Cup, seven for the Handicap Hurdle Race, and ten for the Seft on H an di ca p. announced for the Spring THE MODERN FAMIER.—The farmer now acts on scientific principles and with scientific precision, instead of by blind guess-work, i on the researches of the naturalis t ,l geol ogist, itshe opera tions e h e. mist, and meteorologist, and are executed by machinery of the most ingenious and elaborate construction. Steam has been introduced to plough and to thrash. Drilling, sowing, reaping, and stacking are p er formed by machine-power. The amount of capital required for agricultural enterprises Y—a thrashing-machine, c h o a s s t , i n o g f t c h o r u e r e s h e , u n risen con sid pounds,e rhaabi supplanted the old shilling flail ; a steam-plough, at eight hundred pounds, is gradually being substituted for the two-guinea plough. The yearly bills for artificial food, for stock and artificial stimulants for the soil also run up to a high figure. The change in the system has been attended by as great a change in the men —the old type of the British farmer, dogged in his adherence to tradition, contemptuous of the teachings of science, and ignorant of men and things it idle to arbeyond hi s own county, w i t h whom Arthur Young found gne, and whom he longed to convince with his stic k, is fast goi ng th e wa y of the Dodo and Dinornis. In his stead, we h ave a well-educated, intelligent gen tle man, a shrewd man who has of business, personally examined the working of the farming system both of his own and other lands, who reads Liebig in the original,who has the secrets of the laboratory at his finger ends, who knows how to combine the theories of books with the unwritten lore of practice, and who has spirit and sense to v enture his capi tal liberally in the improveme nt of his acres and stock. It can scarcely be denied that the lower class of farm labourers are still in a discreditably low condition; but the increasing application of science and use of machine r y cannot f a il to sharpen their faculties and improve their position ; and even as it is, enough has already been done in this way to be reckoned among the agricultural advances of the present time.—Chambers' s J ou-na l. As engi neers we can nearer the perfection of clock work we have mechanism C i t T PERFECTION than O ya r anpy l‘ p l or E toh c a ec u rh A ec if am s m i: p f c . yet seen on anything like the same large scale."—Engineer, Aug. 15, 1862. Clocks by the first artists of the d a y f o r the drawing room, dining room , bed roon, library, hall, staircase, bracket, carriage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, count ing house, musical, and astronomeal. Church and turret clocks specially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks (free by post for two stamp 3) with descriptions and prices, enables those who live in any part of the world to select a clock. Also a short panphlet on cathedral and public clocks, free for one stamp. Urize medal and honour able mention in classes 33 and 15. .1 W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clock maker by si,ecial warrant of appontment to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. No IlomE com pl e te without a' VlLcox ANI) GIBBS SEWING -M ACHINE. Simple, compac, efficient, durable, and noiseless. Warranted to fulfil all ;he requirements of a perfect family machine. Prospectus Yee on application at No. 135 , Regent-street, `w.—LAD VT.] COUNTRY MARKETS. - - ---,- '.h _~~. LE E D S-T UES DAY. To-day the demand for wheat is somewhat less buoyant, but on the sales made Friday's rates continue quite as dear. Barley sells at tally previous rates. In beans there was a steady business done. Oats and other articles unaltered. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (Per the Columbia, via Galway.) NEW YORK, JAN. 28 (Evening). Nashville despatches report that the Confederate cavalry under Forrest crossed the Tennessee river on the 25th inst., and attacked Athens, Alabama, but they were defeated, and endeavoured to return. Another Confederate force simultaneously at tacked Florence, Alabama, and was also repulsed. Chattanooga despatches report that Johnston had fallen back from Dalton. The Confederate pickets are at Kingston, 40 miles south of Dalton, to cover the retreat. There are no Confederates to be found within 45 miles of Chattanooga. Longstreet's cavalry was skirmishing with the Federals at Knoxville on the 23d. It is confidently believed that the Federals could hold Knoxville. Washington despatches still assert that a mutiny had occurred in Lee's army. Two regiments en deavoured to desert, but failed. A convention to form a new State Constitution will assemble at New Orleans on the 22d Feb. The Kedar, Germania, Australian, and Etna have arrived out. NEW YORK, JAN 29, Evening, Direct advices from Knoxville on the 20th inst. repurt that considerable anxiety, amounting to a panic, existed in that city. Southern despatches report that Longstreet's cavalry are within four miles of Knoxville. Advices from the South state that the Mis sissippi is blockaded at Granville and Millikens Bend by Confederate batteries. Very few trans ports go down. It is reported that Morgan with seven regiments will make a raid into Kentucky through the Gaps in the eastern _part of the State. Trade restrictions have removed in Kentucky an Missouri. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. There was a poor attendance both of town dealers and country millers at market to-day. Wheat met with a very slow sale from millers, buyers on speculation having dis appeared, and we reduce our quotations 3d per cental. Flour was 6d per sack and barrel lower. Very little busi ness doing in Indian corn, and 6d lower. Oats and oatmeal met a dull sale, at former prices. Beans, peas, and barley at the prices of last Friday. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. There was a fair show of grain to-day, and former prices were about maintained. Red:wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 18s Od White ~ , ...18s Od to 20s Od New red , ~1.6 s Od to 18s Od New white ~ ,/ ~.17s Od to 19s 0 p Beans , 79 If ...15s Gd to 17s 6d, Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ .. 34s Od to 38s Od Oats, 1, l9s Od to 24s Od Flour, is 4d to 15 Sd per 14 lb. MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 42s to 46s ; red, 37s to 43s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 34s to 37s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 33s per 30 at, Oats, old, 27s to 30s; new, 20s to 23s per 30 ; beans, .358 to 40s per qr. DUBLIN—TUESDAY. 8. d. s. d. Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black.... 0 to 0 s. d. s. d. Oatmeal lO 0 to 13 0 Beans.. . 0 to 0 Bere . — 0 to 0 Rapeseed .... 0 to 0 Bakers' flour.. 14 0 to 20 0 Indian corn .. 27 0 to 23 0 More Preposterous Calculations. The Rev. Professor Haughton of the Geological Society of Dublin is stated to have arrived at the period of 1,280,000,000 years as the time which elapsed while the earth cooled from 122 deg. F. to 77 deg. F., these temperatures being taken as de fining the periods of the first appearance of life on the earth and of the London clay respectively. This calculation is stated to be based upon a previous one by Professor Helmholtz, that the time which a globe of basalt of the size of the earth would take to cool from 2,000 degrees C. to 200 degrees C. would be 350,000,000 years. Very different is the calculation made by Professor W. Thomson in his most inge nious paper " On the Secular Cooling of the Earth" (Trans. Royal Society Edin., vol. xxiii. part 1). The question he undertakes to solve is this:—ln what period would a body consisting of materials such as the earth consists of pass from a condition of first solidification to one in which the law of increase of temperature in descending from its surface down wards is in accordance with that observed in the earth. Taking the temperature of melting rock to be from 10,000 deg. F. to 7,000 deg. F. (which is higher than the temperature assigned to melting basalt), and assuming the rate of increase of tem perature near the surface to be 1-50th deg. F. per foot, allowing for great variation in the result no account of our ignorance "as to the effects of high temperature in altering the conductiveness and specific heats of rocks, and as to their latent heat of fusion," the Professor comes to the conclusion that "we may say, with much probability, that the consolidation cannot have taken place less than 20,000,000 years age, or we should have more underground heat than we actually have ; nor more than 400,000,000 years ago, or we should not have so much as the least-observed underground increase of temperature. That is to say, that Leibnitz's epoch of emergence' of the ‘consistentior status' was pro bably between those dates ;" and, using the tempe rature of 7000 deg. F. as that of melting rock, he inclines to 98,000,000 of years as a probable esti mate. Compare these modest numbers, to express the ages since the earth was an incandescent, though solid, sphere, with Professor Haughton's 1,280,000,000 years as giving the period between the first existence of life and the London clay ! Fatal Result of a Fight at Birmingham. An occurrence of a peculiarly tragic character formed the subject of a coroner's inquest at Birmingham on Saturday evening last. A few days ago, a young man of the namet of Thomas Stevenson, an only son of highly respectable parents residing at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. was carried in a helpless state to his lodgings in Birmingham. He was there attended by a girl of the name of Sarah Mor ton, with whom he was keeping proper company with a view to making her his wife, and she anxiously inquired the cause of his bruised and disabled state. He said that he had fallen, and denied that he had been fighting or tha any one had been ill-using him. A surgeon was called in and the suffering man was found to be in such a dangerous state that his removal to the general hospital was con sidered necessary. His mother was then sent for, and to her broken-hearted inquiries he merle the same answer as to his sweetheart. Neither she nor the medical staff at the hospital believed he was telling the whole of the truth, as his condition indicated considerable per sonal violence ; but he repeated his statement with such apparently truthful emphasis that the matter was allowed to pass without any further question. He gradually became worse, and expired at the end of three days in the presence of his sweetheart, who was in constant attendance. A post mortem examination was then made by Mr. Bracey, house surgeon, and revealed a considerable laceration of the blad der, penetrating all the coats of the organ ; and his opinion was that death had resulted from this injury causing peri tonitis, and that the injury itself was caused by a heavy blew or fall. The case was then investigated, and evidence was procured that the deceased had received his injuries during a fight with a man of the name of Shakespeare, with whom he quarrelled in a publichouse at Oldbury, near Bir mingham, in reference to a sixpenny bet. The fight took place out of door ; and during its progress both combatants fell over the embankment of a brook and were immersed in the water. The deceased fell violently on some bricks at the bottom of the stream. The men renewed the fight after coming out of the water, and were afterwards separated. The deceased was taken charge of by a neighbour, and stripped of his wet clothes and put to bed, but next morning he was in such a suffering state that he was taken in a cab to his lodgings in Birmingham. The jury found that the deceased had died of a casualty occurring during a fight, and exempted the other man from all imputation. The deceased was by a trade a striker, and was employed in extensive carriage works at Oldbury. THE WONDERFUL COIFFURE of Madame Rimsky Karkowska at the great Court ball of St. Peters burg, as described by the Paris Correspondent of the Court Tournal:—A drawing, which has been sent to Paris, and which we have seen, represents it as a huge bird, composed entirely of the masses of fair hair which adorn the head of the Russian beauty. The bows in font, puffed out and turned behind the ears, form the wings, while the thick bhower of golden curls down the neck and shoulders forms the tail. The head, which descends low on the forehead, was composed of coloured jewels, the beak alone coming be tween the eyes of brilliants. The whole chevelure repre senting the body of the bird was' sprinkled with precious stones, and the effect of this strange and startling invention was great enough to render the most refined company in the world totally forgetful of etiquette, for on the entrance of Madame Rimsky Karkowska the whole assembly were on the alert in order to examine mere closely the complicated work of the coiffeur. _ MR. MACFARMEN'S NEW OPERA, founded on Goldsmith's " Sho Stoops to Conquer," is advertised to come out on Thursday next. _ _ Win. EDWARD DICEY loft London last week for Schleswig ; and his correspondence from the seat of war there will, doubtless, be expected with peculiar interest in the columns of a London morning paper by those who b now his graphic power and his fair and candid spirit as a writer, as shown in Lis little book on modern Rome, his letters from America in Macmillan and the Spectator, and his other publications, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 9.—The Government has declared its readiness to relinquish the fines to which the journals have been condemned since 1858, if the Cortes do not object to such a measure. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MANCHESTER BETTING, THIS DAY (4 o'CLO,CK). LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken) 11 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) ]2 to 1 agst Portland (taken) 14 to 1 agat Real Jam (offered) 16 to 1 agat Medora (taken) THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 20 to 1 agst Forager (offered) FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 6 O'CLOCK. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 27, Evening. Money tight. Gold, 57. Exchange on London, 1711 ; on Paris, 3.20. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1371; 127; Erie, 1071. Crude petroleum, 29 to 291- ; refined, 46 to 47. STATISTICS OF DENMARK. The income of the Danish Monarchy for the year ending March 31, 1863, was £1,841,499, to which Denmark contributed 62 per cent., Holstein 21.64, Schleswig 16.36 per cent. This income more than covered the expenditure. One half of it was pro duced by customs and indirect taxes, and about two• thirds of the expenditure was for the public debt and standing army. The army cost about £466,000, the navy £212,000. The accounts of the current financial year were, before the invasion, estimated at the same rate. The Danish army on its peace footing, to be doubled when on war footing, is fixed by law at 22,900 men ; but of late years the number has, for the sake of economy, been kept down to 12,000. The Danish navy consisted, in September, 1862, of 19 sailing vessels carrying 704 guns, and 28 steamers with 340 guns, besides a paddlewheel steam flotilla of 50 gunboats with about 100 guns. But all these steamers were not seaworthy. The navy was at that time served by about 2,000. The population of the monarchy at the census of 1860 was in Denmark Proper, omitting the small figures, 1,600,000 ; in Schleswig, 409,000 ; in Hol stein, 544,000 ;in Lauenburg, 50,000. In Denmark Proper all but 300,000 of the population is agricul tural. The whole mate population of Denmark Proper is only 793,000, and of Schleswig 204,000. Of these it appeared by the last census that in every thousand 495 lived exclusively by agriculture, 228 by trade and commerce (but, with no coal, and little water power on the soil, there is not much manufacture) ; 187 were day-labourers, 53 were commercial men ; 29 sailore ; 20 paupers; 16 minis ters or schoolmasters; 15 pensioners; 13 domestic servants, 11 or 12 civil servants of the State; 9 officers in the army or navy ; 9 capitalists; 7 were devoting themselves to literature or science; 6 were nondescripts ; and one was in jail. The Case of Alleged Poisoning in Cornwall. HAYLE (Cornwall), Saturday. lhe protracted inquiry into the charge against Mr. Richard Oke Millett, a surgeon, residing at Penpol, was re sumed yesterday, for the purpose of having the result of the analysis of the contents of the body of the deceased. Mr. Cornish, the magistrates' clerk, read a lengthened report from Dr. Alfred S. Taylor. Dr. Taylor, in anther elaborate report in reference to the probable cause of the death of the deceased, attributed his demise to an attack of serious apoplexy, to which he was predisposed by the chronic hydrocephalus (water on the brain) under which the deceased was labouring. Dr. Taylor further said that the symptoms, as detailed to him, the death under the circumstances as stated, and the result of the post• mortem examination, were not consistent with any form of poisoning within his knowledge. The Chairman of the Bench (the Rev. Uriah Tonkin), addressing the accused, said—Mr. Millett, we are extremely sorry that we have been obliged to keep you so long in cus tody, but, sitting here as magistrates, we had no other alter native. lam now very happy in having to say, Mr. Mul lett, as the organ of the Bench, that you are released from all further custody ; and having investigated the case most minutely, and, I am sure, most fairly, and with the stricteso anxiety to do justice, we have no longer anything to d with the matter but to say that we are extremely happy that you are released from this charge. Mr. Millet was warmly congratulated by numerous friends, and was accompanied to his residence by a large concourse of persons; and the band of the Hayle Foundry.. men, to which establishment he was surgeon, met in the evening in front of his house and performed various pieces of music. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .£3 17s. No. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchangi - , at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 172 per cent., and the premium on gold is 56j per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. HERR MoLiQuE, besides the Trio mentioned no long ago, is occupied on a Mass, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS— Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the wools ack at five o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS, Lord SYDNEY brought up and rea d h er Majesty's ans' we; to the address on the occasion of the assembling of Parlia ment. Her Majesty thanked their lordships for their affectionate expressions with respect to her family, rand assured them her most ardent wish was the prosperity of her people. THE DANO- GERMAN DIFFICULTY. The Earl of MALMESBURY said he had given notice to the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, by private note, of his intention of putting some questions relative to the state of affairs in Denmark. The noble earl having referred to the state of affairs of this nature when he was in office, went on to remark upon the arrange went which had been entered into some years ago with the Duke of Augustenburg by which he received a sum of money amounting to about £350,000 English on the understanding that he would never interfere with the succession in Danmark. The instalments had been regularly paid, and he had never heard the arrangement called into question. As the arrangement was entered into with the father of the present Duke of Augustenburg—when he (the son) was 24 years of age he did not see that it could be said that he was not aware of the stipulation. Had he protested or objected, the arrangement could never have been carried out, and he (the noble earl) did not see on what point of honour the present Duke of Augustenburg could justify the present proceedings that were being carried on in his name. The questions he wished to ask was whether her Majesty's Government had obtained any material guarantee from Austria and Prussia, that as soon as the November Constitution was with drawn they would consent to evacuate Schleswig, and whether the parties to that treaty considered their oblige. tions invalidated by the outbreak of the war. Earl RUSSELL said her Majesty's Government had re ceived no such guarantee from either Austria or Prussia, and with reference to the second question he could not consider that the treaty could be in any way abrogated by the outbreak of tho war, so far as regards the different Powers. It was quite impossible that the treaty made with France, Great Britain, Russia, and Sweden , could be abrogated, as regards those Powers, by a state of war between Austria and Prussia on the one aide and Denmark on the other. (Hear, hear.) Every ana logy and principle militated against that doctrine, and ari illustration of its invalidity was supported by what took place with regard to the treaty between the Porte and the European Powers in 1841 as to the closing of the Darda nelles, That treaty was not held to be abrogated because the Porte and one of those Powers had gone to war, and the case was precisely analogous with the present. As, how ever, he understood the answer given by Austria and Prussia to representations on the subject, that answer ad mitted the obligations of the treaty on all the Powers. When that answer was given no act of war had occurred, but it was well known that the Danes were prepared to resist the entrance of the Austrian and Prussian troops into Schleswig, and it would be frivolous to say that a state of war, which was foreseen when the admissions was made one day, should, when it broke out the next day, invalidate and set aside that admission. (Hear, hear.) It was said that if Denmark should refuse acquiescence in the just de mands of Austria and Prussia, those rowels would then be released from their obligations; but he did not admit that view. Even in the contingency referred to, Austria and Prussia would be bound by the engagements of the Treaty of London-.bound to respect and maintain the integrity of the Danish kingdom. (Hear, hear.) That he considered the real sense of the declarations of Austria and Prussia, and those were the opinions of her Majesty's Government with respect to that treaty. The Earl of DERBY considered the answer of the noble earl to be so far satisfactory. No guarantee had, it appeared, been obtained from Austria and Prussia ; but nothing had been said as to our Government having pressed for such e; guarantee. THE ALEXANDRA. The Earl of DERBY wished to ask whether the noble earl would lay upon the table the correspondence betweei her Majesty's Government and the Federal Government oil the subject of alleged depredations on American commerce by vessels fitted out in British ports, and also with respect to some rather strange decisions of the American prize courts. Earl RUSSELL said that in the present stage of laW proceedings connected with this subject he deemed it ex. pedient to withhold the correspondence referred to. On the first night of the session the noble earl had spoken of a de-. spatch of Mr. Seward making claims on account of the de. predations of the Alabama, rnd expressed a hope that he (Lord Russell) had answered that despatch in a fitting manner. He could not at the time call to mind any such despatch, and therefore he had omitted allusion to it in his reply. He now found, however, that the despatch in ques tion was addressed by Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, but in the discretion of that gentleman it was not communicated to him (Earl Russell)—(a laugh)—and that accounted for hie inability to give to the noble earl an answer on Thurs. day night. (Hear, hear.) NAVAL ARTILLERY, The Earl of HARD WICKE asked the Secretary of; State for War whether her Majesty's ships were sup. plied with guns and projectiles which could penetrate tho side of a ship covered with iron plates 4f inches thick. The subject was a moat important one. When the improvement in small arms rendered an improve ment in artillery necessary, and Sir William Armstrong's invention was brought before the notice of Government, the Administration of which he was a member treated the subject with great care; and he (Lord Hardwicke) believed that Sir W. Armstrong had given to the artillery a new, powerful, and beautiful weapon. Immediately, however, plan of plating ships with iron sprang up, which defied the then power of guns. Sir W. Armstrong had produced guns to pierce in some degree such plates, but no less a suns than upwards of two millions was expended on these guns. Another inventor, however, Mr. Whitworth, had produced guns which never failed in penetrating iron plates, but Mr. Whitworth's experiments had not received that attention which they deserved. He (Lord Hardwicke) did not think the Government had acted quite fairly in the matter. The experiments at Shoeburyness showed that in almost every instance iron plates were pierced and destroyed, and under these circumstances he thought he was entitled to ask how it was that there was not on board any of her Majesty's ships a gun capable of penetrating a plated ship's side. The Armstrong gun on board ship was, to a great extent, un workable and inefficient. He thought it therefore time that the invention of Mr. - Whitworth should be seriously taken, into consideration. The Duke of SOMERSET said it would perhaps be better for him to answer the question. In 1859, they had received an Armstrong gun—a 100-pounder—which was sent to sea, It was found excellent. In consequence a num ber were ordered. But then came armour-plates, and this gun failed as against them. The old 63-pounder was at that time preferred. Then Mr. Whitworth was seen ;he pro duced a gun which sent a bolt through the plated sides of the Trusty. He (the Duke of Somerset) bought the gun, but some defections were found in it, and on subsequent trials it burst. He could say that his only object was to get the best gun, and not to favour any particular inventor. He saw Mr. Whitworth again, who told him that the real difficulty was to find a suitable metal for guns. A year ago he was still anxious to get a really useful gun, but from that day to this they had not got any gun, although invited and asked for, from Mr. Whitworth, in order to try it against Sir W. Armstrong's. Mr. Whitworth's in vention was undoubtedly a valuable one, and, as he hira_ self had said, it lay chiefly in the nature of the projectile. Sir W. Armstrong's guns sent shell as well as shot through plates; still they had not a good broadside gun for the navy. He sent a year since for Sir W. Armstrong and asked him for such a gun, smooth bore. It was sent— about six tons weight. In September and O ctober last it was tried, and the practice was satisfactory, and the diffi• culty of firing, as compared with the 68 -pounder, was trifling, and it was reported to be the b est gun in the navy aga inst iron plates, with solid shot going right through. them. This was therefore a good broadside gun, and a nu mber of them were at pre sen t i n course of construction and delivery, But they w an t e d also a rifle gun, in order to a comparison and final deci s i on. They had now in fact a rifle gun of this wei g ht , and were only waiting for the projectiles. At present, although they had only in the navy the 68-pounder and the 6-ton smooth bore he had described, they were on the way of obtaining a supply of the best gun s y et i nvented • and as they were t h us increas ing the force of their guns, they were also making pro gress in increasing the strength of their ships' armour, tho latest plan of this kind adopted being considerably stronger than any that had gone before. The Earl of HARDWICKE said that the noble duke had said nothing to show that Mr. Whitworth could not have furnished our ships with sufficiently powerful guns to penetrate any armour plated ship's side. The noble duke it seemed had himself turned. Earl DE GREY and RIPON said the inquiry had been stopped because Mr. Whitworth had not yet delivered the guns which the committee desired him to submit for the purpose of being tested with those of Sir W. Armstrong, The excuse for the delay on Mr. Whitworth's part was that he had a difficulty in obtaining materials for the guns, Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. - The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock, PETITIONS. Some petitions were presented praying for a reduction in the _duty on fire insurances, and depre cating the destruction of h agosirna as a blot on the civilisation of the c'untry. HER MAJESTY'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS. Lord PROBY, Comptroller of the Household, presented her M a jesty's most gracious reply to the Address of the House of Commons, expressive of her Majesty's gratitude for the ex p r ession of loyalty to herself and the members of the royal family. INTERFERENCE IN CHINA. Mr. LIDDELL gave notic that he would move a reso lution th a t, its the opinion oi this house, any further inter o e• orP peo s r od, 4,11° 13.14. 1 26 10 st st 50 I 20 6.4.0 19.18.4 1.2.10 !128i 120 f I 87 8